Comments are out of place

A "literary missile, sparked by such subliminal igniters as 'white,' 'right ideas,' etc." was Walter Trisler's (March 20) description of my March 12 letter. Actually, my letter didn't contain the words right and ideas, and to use "etc." is a literary cop-out. Trisler's letter is best described as a "literary dud" defused by his angry and irrelevant rebuke of my letter -- he offered nothing that even resembled a legitimate rebuttal. Furthermore, in apparent frustration, he loaded "blasphemy" and "Moloch," into his letter as igniters: They fizzled, too.

Oddly, Trisler guesses (no reason given why) he'll live "quite a bit longer than" will I. Maybe there's a dark, subliminal message lurking in that out of place comment. And should there be, it may have to do with one of those "old paths that were laid out" by his "Bible-believing forebears:" The one leading to the lynching tree, most likely.

Finally, Trisler's letters show symptoms of "thesauritis," and his latest one clearly proves it's possible for a non politico to say nothing relevant in 300 words. Also, Trisler said: "I'll hold to my statements -- no apologies to offer; no second thoughts; no corrections." And I say: "Right back at ya, buddy."